Aviation Services
People trust their lives and livelihoods to the outsourced services Cobham Aviation Services provides. The Division operates and maintains more than 150 fixed and rotary wing aircraft around the world, employing some 2,000 highly trained flight crew, engineers and support staff.
Innovation, experience, flexibility and an in-depth understanding of customer needs are the cornerstones of Cobham Aviation Services Division’s operations. These qualities, combined with extensive knowledge, advanced specialist equipment and a powerful value for money ethos, enable Cobham to deliver aerospace training and operational solutions that meet the most demanding standards of leading military and civil customers around the world.
The UK Ministry of Defence ranks Cobham Aviation Services Division as its No.1 supplier for flexibility and innovation.
The Division has demonstrated its capabilities for more than 25 years through a continuous warfare training programme implemented via a partnering contract with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. Cobham also provides training for all Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force rotary-wing pilots.
Government, law enforcement and civil agencies outsource crucial aerial surveillance activities over both land and sea to Cobham, which operates the world’s largest civil maritime surveillance operation. Cobham is also the world leader in commercial flight inspection, meeting the needs of a global customer base.
A major player in the air transportation business, Cobham operates the Qantas regional jet fleet on a turnkey basis as well as providing support services to optimise the operational effectiveness of passenger and freight airline operators.
Cobham provides civil and military customers with a comprehensive engineering support capability, covering all levels from maintenance to aircraft role conversion and major structural repair. Technical support in highly specialised areas such as military aircraft maintenance is provided on-site at customers’ locations by Cobham personnel.
The Cobham name is synonymous with pioneering and excellence in the field of aviation. The company’s founder, Sir Alan Cobham, worked tirelessly to make flying popular, safe and to increase awareness of the fundamentally important role of aviation.
His achievements include the invention of the ‘probe and drogue’ method of refuelling that is now the standard practise of air forces throughout the world.
Cobham’s wide ranging portfolio of products and services are an integral part of today’s sophisticated military and civil platforms, technologies and operations. On land, sea, in the air – and in space – Cobham capability is at work to enhance effectiveness, safety and
reliability.